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Spatial analysis of temporal criminality evolution: an environmental criminology study of crime in the Maltese Islands

open access: yes
The study, the first of its kind in the Maltese Islands, reviewed crime in a spatio-temporal aspect based on where offenders live, interact and commit crime. The study has sought to develop an understanding of the Maltese Islands’ crime within a social
Formosa, Saviour
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Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter provides a brief overview of the theoretical framework of crime prevention through environmental design, or CPTED {pronounced sep-ted). As a proactive situational crime prevention approach that relies on {manipulation of) physical design ...
Reynald, Danielle, Mihinjac, Mateja
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Kryptonite for Cryptocurrencies? What Are the Effects of Regulatory Controls on Bitcoin Returns and Volatility?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of regulatory controls on Bitcoin's excess returns and volatility. The paper innovates by proxying changes in the regulatory environment using global Google search volume intensity data. The generated regulatory indices accurately identify episodes of regulatory tightening within cryptocurrency markets.
Robert Mullings
wiley   +1 more source

Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)

open access: yes
The occurrence of a crime requires three components: a potential victim, a potential offender, as well as site conditions suitable for crime. CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) concept aims to reduce opportunities to commit a crime by ...
Bondars, Edgars
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The Impact of Economic Growth on Insurance (Growth)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of economic growth on insurance (growth), focusing on the outflow side of the insurance activity, as captured by benefits (including commissions and expenses). The findings provide evidence that economic growth does exert a positive, statistically significant impact on the benefit side of insurance (growth ...
Nicholas Apergis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors stimulating corporate crime in Malaysia

open access: yes
Building on the perception of both existing and potential investors in Kuching, Sarawak, this study aims to identify the factors that appear to stimulate corporate crime activity in organizations.
Entebang, Harry   +2 more
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